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Hourglass Brewery on new beers and changes

Hourglass Brewery of Longwood has been announcing changes and new beers for some time now.  Recently, the Orlando-area brewery posted some news and updates regarding their future in Longwood and upcoming beers.

Hourglass is growing! We are currently undergoing another phase of expansion and have recently landed and installed a new canning line. Initial brands in cans will be our Frankie Rock Bavarian Style Hefeweizen and Brown Beer, Brown Beer, What Do You See? English Style Brown Ale. Our Launch format will be 16 oz – 4 packs coming later this month!

We have also have our 8th bottle release available at the taproom and in distrobution. Stormgazer, a dark English style Barleywine aged in Rum barrels with lime and ginger is the first of three beers in a cocktail inspired series. 750 mL bottles are on sale now for $18.00

Additionally, our new 20 bbl Egg Oak Foeder has arrived in further development of our Wild and Sour beer program. This will be our primary home for fermentation of our house saison and other interesting variant wild ales. Be on the lookout for our first barrel fermented sour releases in the fall as well.

Finally, since a lot has been growing and changing, we are reorganizing brands under the umbrella of Hourglass Brewing. The Hourglass Brewery will remain at our original location, and future wild and sour releases will be released under the identity of “Sourglass Brewing”. We feel this will help delineate releases and make customers more aware of our product differences, and are relaunching our new branding and logo set with our recent release of Stormgazer – a dark English Barleywine aged in rum barrels with charred ginger and lime.

Hourglass Brewery recently invested in an oak egg fermenter.

Hourglass Brewery recently invested in an oak egg fermenter.

Hourglass Brewery is located at 480 South Ronald Reagan Parkway in Longwood. For more information, see their Facebook page.

The Hourglass Brewery to release Nut Squasher Bourbon Barrel Autumn Ale

The Hourglass Brewery continues rocking out great beers from their Longwood home. The next bottle release from the Hourglass is coming Saturday, November 21st.

From Hourglass Brewery:

On Saturday at 11am, we will release our second bottle ever, and it’s a good one! Nut Squasher is an 8.4% autumn ale, unspiced, and aged in Bourbon barrels.

It showcases the piquant sweetness of fresh roasted butternut squash and the unique, creamy bitterness of the brazil nut. Each glass greets you with notes of vanilla, a savory autumnal tang, and a gentle boozy caramel, rounded by the deep, warm woodiness imparted by a lengthy rest in second use Bourbon barrels.

Nut Squasher features label art by our own in-house artist, and longtime employee, Jeremy Gonzalez. This is an event you don’t want to miss! See you Saturday!

The Hourglass Brewery is located at 480 South Ronald Reagan Boulevard in Longwood.

Hourglass Brewery announces new brewers

The Hourglass Brewery announces the departure of founding brewer, Sky Conley, and the elevation of Michael Delancett and Matthew Gemmell as co-brewers.

The change in brewers is part of The Hourglass Brewery’s plans to grow the distribution of its beers, first in Central Florida, and then throughout the state. “We’ve always had our sights set on distributing quality beer,” said co-founder, Brett Mason. In July 2015, The Hourglass Brewery began distributing its beer in Seminole and Orange Counties through Republic National Distributing Company. “Today’s personnel change is aimed at meeting the growing demands of our distribution while ensuring that a large variety of Hourglass beer remains available in our
taproom,” according co-founder and manager, Lance Butterfield.

Sky Conley, who co-founded The Hourglass Brewery, helped to launch the brewery in 2012 with a three-barrel brewing system in its former Longwood location. Conley established a strong reputation for concocting a wide variety of unique and interesting beers. Said Butterfield: “We could not have launched a brewery without Sky’s brewing talent and creativity. We appreciate all his efforts.”

Taking charge of brewing operations at The Hourglass Brewery are Michael Delancett and Matthew Gemmell. Both Dalancet and Gemmell have been working on the brewery’s ten-barrel system since the new location opened its doors in October 2014. According to Mason: “Matt and Michael have worked hard to learn this system and what it takes to produce high-quality beer. They’re doing a great job.”

The Hourglass Brewery is located at 480 South Ronald Reagan Parkway in Longwood.

Hourglass Brewery celebrates winter with a wintry tap takeover

Longwood- The Hourglass Brewery has come up with a grand way to celebrate this warm-yet-cold-yet-warm-again Florida winter–get a bunch of winter beers together and pour them for several hundred of their closest friends.

On Saturday, December 21st, beginning at 5pm, Hourglass Brewery will pour all “winter beers.” These beers come from around the world, including beers from Hourglass itself. So far Hourglass has announced beers from Hourglass, Orlando neighbors Cask and Larder, Tampa’s Cigar City, California’s The Bruery, Cooperstown, New York’s Ommegang Brewery, and Scaldis of Belgium.

The winter fun will also feature food and a toy drive for the “Walk a Mile” charity.

Hourglass Brewery is located at 255 South Ronald Reagan Boulevard in Longwood.